Robert Smith Mortuary

Robert Smith Mortuary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Robert Smith Mortuary, July 2011
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Location	118-120 Walnut St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°58′8″N87°34′20″W / 37.96889°N 87.57222°W / 37.96889; -87.57222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1930 (1930)
Architect	Anderson, Fritz
Architectural style	Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	80000072 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1980

Robert Smith Mortuary, also known as the Greek-Shears Mortuary, is a historic mortuary building located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular Mission Revival style brick building. It features arcaded windows, an esplanade, and steeply pitched red tile roof. It is connected to a 2+1⁄2-story brick former dwelling constructed about 1890 and remodeled in 1930 to complement the new building. ^{[2] : 2–3}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016.Note: This includes Patricia K. Sides (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robert Smith Mortuary" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs